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THEME NEWS STORIES

1 A. Below is a news story that was covered by a newspaper in the US. It is about a Turkish
woman. Read it and answer the questions.

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THREE WEEKS at the INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
hen the villagers heard the was waiting at the door of the couldn’t agree. They decided
Wsirens of an ambulance in intensive care unit of the hospital. to wait for some more time. A
a village in southern Turkey in The doctors diagnosed a coronary couple of days later, nothing had
a spring morning of 2017, they failure and it was fortunate that changed. The doctors asked for
started to wonder who it was as she was brought to hospital soon the decision once more. This
it was probably for a neighbor or after her collapse as it took less time, they let them unplug the
an acquaintance from the village. than 5 minutes for her husband life support unit in tears. Just as
The village square was crowded to fi nd her lying still on the fl oor one of the doctors unplugged the
with those who had rushed to and call the emergency. Due to unit, Fatma moved her eyelids.
the seriosity of the heart problem, The doctors couldn’t believe their
Fatma was soon connected to a eyes. From that moment on, the
life support unit. Meanwhile, all health staff and the family worked
the family members, relations day and night patiently and in
and villagers were saying prayers cooperation for Fatma's recovery.
for a miraculous recovery. After In the end, they won. Fatma is
everything had been done, the healthy and back home in her
doctors told the family members village, now...
fi gure out what was happening. that it was impossible for her
Soon, the sad news spread to recover and there was not
around. Fatma had fallen on the even a slightest chance of
ground while she was working in survival. They asked the family
the garden. For that was all that members to make the decision
the villagers heard, they were still on disconnecting her from the
wondering the truth. That’s why life support unit, which meant the
her daughter Sultan’s cell phone decision on her death. The family
kept ringing all the time while she members gathered together and

1. Why were the villagers worried? _________________________________________________________
2. What did Fatma suff er from? ___________________________________________________________
3. Why was Fatma connected to the life support unit? __________________________________________
4. How did the doctors feel when Fatma moved her eyelids? ____________________________________

B. Below is a jumbled list of the events in the news story. Work in pairs and put them into
the correct order.

 Fatma moved her eyelids.
 A doctor unplugged the device.
 The family let the doctors disconnect Fatma from the life support unit.
 Fatma fell on the ground.
 People gathered together in the village square.
 Her husband found her lying still and called the emergency.
 The ambulance arrived.
 Fatma recovered miraculously.

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